WBC withdraw sanction for Witter v Alexander

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  1. DavidPayne

    DavidPayne ***.boxingwriter.co.uk Full Member

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    WBC withdraw sanction for Witter v Alexander bout

    Jose Sulaiman will not be bullied by Californian State Athletic Commission and has withdrawn sanction over argument about ringside officials.

    CSAC have refused British judge and appointed 3 Americans.
     
  2. 1lehudson

    1lehudson Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No they replaced him with a Mexican judge..Im going with SAC without knowing the reasons, just because the WBC and Suliman have shown to be corupt. I guess is they have a reason to not want the Judge
     
  3. psychopath

    psychopath D' "X" Factor Full Member

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    That's sad. :-(

    But I'm interested to see what happens next. Who is responsible on the selection and assignment judges and ref in the fights according to the book? :think
     
  4. Rock0052

    Rock0052 Loyal Member Full Member

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    Between this and stripping Bradley of the belt practically before he even had a chance to celebrate with the damn thing, I have to wonder if the WBC even wants a 140 lb champion or if Jose just wants to pretend he's it.
     
  5. jc

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    Bet the fighters are fuming...
     
  6. DavidPayne

    DavidPayne ***.boxingwriter.co.uk Full Member

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    Yes, of course, 2 Americans plus on Mexican doesn't equal 3 Americans does it!
     
  7. Cruiser1

    Cruiser1 Champion Emeritus Full Member

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    Considering the fact that it was a British judge that recently scored Chambers/Dimitrenko even, I'd take my chances without one if I were Witter. Even Lennox Lewis came out on the short end with one as it was Larry O'Connell who had the first Holyfield fight even at 115-115. I'm kidding as one thing obviously has nothing to do with the other but it's still interesting when you think about it.
     
  8. DavidPayne

    DavidPayne ***.boxingwriter.co.uk Full Member

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    Richie Davies is arguably the UK's premier offical.

    Larry O'Connell has been exonerated over time with the amount of revisionists who claim Holyfield WON that first fight!

    The concern is WHY the Californian COmmission would reject Davies, on who's say so.

    Devon Alexander is promoted by who?
     
  9. Cruiser1

    Cruiser1 Champion Emeritus Full Member

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    Alexander is promoted by Don King and I didn't know there were actually people that think Holyfield won other than the woman who scored the fight for him. Larry O'Connell was exonerated because he basically admitted that he was wrong.
     
  10. DavidPayne

    DavidPayne ***.boxingwriter.co.uk Full Member

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    There are people out there, believe me.
     
  11. icemax

    icemax Indian Red Full Member

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    Richie Davies is a top bloke
     
  12. DamonD

    DamonD Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yes, but I've nearly managed to get them all returned to the hospital.

    Silly situation with this, I can't actually get mad at the WBC too much though because this has been something they've done for so many years, and I don't know why the SAC would suddenly decide to try something different.

    The only loser will be Alexander if he wins. If Bradley wins, it's a footnote.
     
  13. PH|LLA

    PH|LLA VIP Member Full Member

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    good

    **** the WBC. Bradley is still WBC champ in my eyes anyways